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91_HB0492enr
HB0492 Enrolled LRB9102280SMpr
1 AN ACT to amend the Veterans Burial Places Act by
2 changing Section 1.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by
6 changing Section 1.1 as follows:
7 (330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
8 Sec. 1.1. When a headstone or memorial marker is
9 provided for a United States War Veteran by the United States
10 Government pursuant to Section 2306 of Title 38 of the United
11 States Code, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an
12 amount not to exceed $100 to the next of kin, or cemetery
13 official, monument company official, or veterans group
14 responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting the
15 headstone or memorial. However, no such payment shall be made
16 unless a signed application is presented to the Department by
17 the next of kin, or cemetery official, monument company
18 official, or veterans group, along with such other proof of
19 transportation or erection charges as the Department may
20 require. All such applications for payment shall be on forms
21 provided by the Department.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.
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